maliceious wrote:None of the legends in recent history could even imagine doing such a thing. Geb didn't even double, and this man meets Alberto Salazar and now wants to triple? What? I mean, whatchu talkin' bout MF?

Just because he said it doesn't necessarily means he means it. The head game for Moscow is on now, the more intimidated his opponents become the easier he'll cruise to victory. Also, it's Nike PR for the masses, gotta strike while the iron is hot, yesterday it was a special 600 meters race agains Bolt (which might or might not happen AFTER Worlds so why else talk about it NOW?), tomorrow there'll be something else. You guys gotta stop taking everything everyone says literally before putting it in the larger context! ;-P

The Sun, as most if not all British tabloids, is hardly a reliable source. But for the sake of argument, let's assume that Mo really did say exactly this:

"If anything now in terms of my world record ambitions Im closer to the 1500m than anything else. Its weird."

Then I'd translate that too: "Hallo post World Champs Diamond League Meet Directors - put up the money and I'll change my plans to take the rest of the season off, if you want me and are prepared to pay up for it I can come race Kiprop again over the 1500, and this time I won't give him and the rabbit 20 meters to make up on the last lap, this time I'll be up there with him from the start and we'll both push each other to something even better than in Monaco...

To date this year, USADA has tested Galen Rupp ten times (in and out of competition), Dathan Ritzenhein six times, Matt Centrowitz six times, Tara Erdmann two times, and, by way of comparison, Chris Derrick one time, Chris Solinsky three times, Evan Jager, two times, and Tyson Gay three. This does not count any testing in overseas competitions.